At 12:07 PM 8/24/01 -0500, you wrote: On (a bit of) reflection, you may be better off using a cheap bipolar op-amp (eg. 1/2 LM358) as an amplifier with a smaller resistor than your 2M. Cost of those is very low. +5 Eg. | |/ |\ E | | \ x------------|+ \ | | -------x-------------> 0-3.5V [200K] x--|- / | | | | / [Rf 150K] 0V | | [180K] | | | x---------------x | Rg 20K | 0V Best regards, =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com Contributions invited->The AVR-gcc FAQ is at: http://www.bluecollarlinux.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu